grand-am.com Archives - 06 February 2013, Wednesday

– GRAND-AM Road Racing has issued monetary and point penalties to the No. 60 Ford/Riley Daytona Prototype entry that competes in the Rolex Sports Car Series, as a result of a rule infraction discovered following the 24-hour season-opening Jan. 26-27 event at Daytona International Spee...

Rolex 24 At Daytona Hourly Reports Hourly Updates From The Rolex 24 At Daytona by 1/26/2013 Hour 16: Fog Slows Action; Angelelli Paces Five Cars on Lead Lap While there is no call for rain in Sunday’s forecast (sunny and 74 degrees expected), Mother Nature threw a curve at Rolex 24 co...

Montoya Jumps Out With Fast Time In Opening Rolex 24 Practice Session DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Juan Pablo Montoya set the fastest time in the opening practice for the 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona on Thursday morning in the No. 01 TELMEX/Target Chip Ganassi Racing BMW/Riley. The NASCAR Sprint...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2013) – From its beginning, the Rolex 24 At Daytona has attracted a solid lineup of international stars, with Formula One stars Dan Gurney, Pedro Rodriguez and Phil Hill winning in the early years. That tradition continues in Saturday’s 51st running of th...

Pataskala, Ohio (21 January 2013) – 2012 Rolex 24 At Daytona Champion Ozz Negri got some welcome news this weekend as the Brazilian star has been cleared to drive in the 2013 Rolex 24 At Daytona. Negri suffered a lower leg injury while training on a mountain bike and was sidelined for...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2013) – After a decade of racing in GRAND-AM’s production-based classes, Team Sahlen is proving to be a quick learner in its move to the premier Daytona Prototype class. Dane Cameron drove the team’s new No. 42 BMW/Riley to the fastest lap of the “Roar Bef...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Defending Rolex 24 winners AJ Allmendinger and Andy Lally led their respective classes in Friday afternoon’s second and final practice session to open the Roar Before the Rolex 24. With the track dry following a damp morning sessions, the afternoon times were fas...

Dr. Jim Lowe is preparing to start the New Year right as he heads down to the official three-day Roar Before the 24 test, at Daytona International Speedway beginning January 4, 2013. The Neurosurgeon from Villanova, Pennsylvania, will once again team with Paul Tracy behind the wheel o...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2012) – The first two times that Scott Pruett and Juan Pablo Montoya co-drove in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, they drove to victory in the legendary endurance test. After winning in 2007 and 2008, the two finished second in the 2009 classic but have competed ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – In front of several hundred Ferrari customers, collectors and automotive enthusiasts, Giacomo Mattioli, team principal of Scuderia Corsa announced that both the team’s No. 63 and No. 64, 458 Italia’s would soon be heading to Daytona Beach to compete in the lege...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For fans of Brumos Racing, there is no place like Daytona International Speedway as the GRAND-AM Rolex Series kicks off a new season with the iconic Rolex 24 at Daytona. Last year was not only the 50th running of the twice-around-the-clock race, it marked a signif...

TAVARES, Fla. (Dec. 11, 2012) - WeatherTech Racing has assembled an all-star line-up of drivers to compete for the GT Class win at the GRAND-AM Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona to run Jan. 26-27. The international driving team will take part in the Roar Before the 24 at Daytona International ...

The "Wayne and Dane" Show is adding a marquee name to its first-ever Daytona Prototype lineup. World-class endurance driver Simon Pagenaud will join Wayne Nonnamaker and Dane Cameron in Team Sahlen's No. 42 BMW Riley for January's 51st running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Never shy abo...

November 29, 2012 (LOS ANGELES, Calif) Mazda North American Operations today announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show that the racing version of the 2014 Mazda6 will make its motorsports debut at the Rolex 24 endurance race on January 26-27, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Mazda6 raceca...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Action Express Racing is proud to announce a star-studded lineup for the 51st Running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Full-time AXR drivers Joao Barbosa, Christian Fittipaldi, along with Brian and Burt Frisselle, will be joined by Mike Rockenfeller, Felipe Nasr and N...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 27, 2012) – The stars are already coming out for the 51st Rolex 24 At Daytona. GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series teams are beginning to announce their lineups for the endurance classic on Jan. 26-27, the opening event of the 2013 season. AIM Autosport With Fer...

In the first of three Rolex Series sessions Saturday in the GRAND-AM open test at Kansas Speedway, Ozz Negri had the fast lap, in the No. 60 Ford/Riley of Michael Shank Racing – 1 minute, 10.383 seconds/121.222 mph on the new 2.37-mile road course. Two more Rolex Series sessions are c...

Next year's Rolex 24 At Daytona will mark unfamiliar territory for Hurley Haywood, the race's only five-time winner. The 51st running of the twice, around–the–clock event will be the first for Haywood as a spectator. "I'd have to say it's going to be unusual," said Haywood. "I have al...

Audi has few peers in the world of championship sports car racing. In the past season, however, the manufacturer's R8 GRAND-AM was very much a rookie in the GRAND-AM Rolex Series GT category. APR Motorsport's No. 51 team struggled through much of the campaign failing to post a top-10 ...

Taylor held off Antonio Garcia to win by .334 seconds, giving the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette DP its third victory of the season. Garcia and Richard Westbrook also ended the season as three-time winners in the No. 90 Spirit of Daytona Corvette DP. Alex Gurney and Alex Gurney rounded out ...

Michael Shank Racing Wins 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona In its ninth attempt to win the prestigious race, Michael Shank Racing triumphs with drivers Ozz Negri, John Pew, AJ Allmendinger, and Justin Wilson. Spirit of Daytona Gets Its First DP Win And The First Win For The Corvette DP At Bar...